Bookcase.



Patented Sept. 22, 1908.1

F. J. HONOR.

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BOOKCASE.

Application filed Junta To all whom 'it ymay concern:

V lle it knownihat l., Vanni-:laici: Josizrn hostia, a citizen of the [Imted States, re

Specification c! I.

sidinif at Detroit, in the coiinty of Wayinin the art to which itappeitains t0 make and L use the saine.

My invention relates to improvements n Sectional bookcases, and the olaz-ift of mj:

invention is to provide a` simple and ellic'ienr i bookcasewith a sliding cover adapted to tolti' down over the front. nl' the bookcase. and to be slid back into the. bookcase itself, all witiil out the use of s iriiigs or locks.

Wit-h these o jee-ts in view, my invention is a horizontal cross section of a section of :i l

bookcase, one halt showing the cover closed 5 f and the other half showing` said cover open- Fig. 2 is a. cross section of the same, on s.

sinallersialm sho-irreY the cover open, :in-l

Fig. 3 is a .similar cross sectional view showing the cover closed.

Only one section will be described, it being-understood that a complete bookcasecaii be bailtop, as iisiial, by siiperposing sf number of sections with an ornamental base and top, if desired.

uand b represent the `sides of a sei-.tion of a Hiding (roven-and means mounted above the bookcase, c the back, d the hot-toni, unil the to thereof, the front being ope-n i norma ly'closcd by a door f having a. hrs

panel y and a pin or handle h.

The `sides and hack of the bookcase firl bracket at one end, .such as k and having t other end secured in one of. the ends of iu.;- 1 bookcase.

1n represents a rod which has ends` o lient i su at right angle@l to the main portion ofthe ru-l.

and which bentl ends are adapted to slide in grooves n. in the sidi-s i.' and l: ol' the booked` l`he ends o of the rod yla aro perforiited, ariel pins p attached to the cover are loose-ij mounted in these pcrforations.- Ou the rods 'i and j are sliding brackets q and r, taie Patent. Patented Sept. 22, 1908.,

Seiial No. 412,890. i

a. seif being mounted alaivie'tlie rod""i and i1 lfrac iet .1' lining mounted below the, rod ese brackets freely slide on the rods. On rofl m are. inoimted two sliding brackets i'. one above and one below the rod. A u connects the brackets l and t and a. ar link e connects the brackets r and s, ,is :i pivot. iin u) passes through said arms or .ass at their centers.

The operation will be evident from the l ff-iiig description. When it. is desre'l to i siwtioii o1' thi` bookcase., the operator takt-s hold ofthe pin i and swings tlic cover ward and upward on the pins t until it is -riziintiil llc. then pushes the. cover back .io the position shown in Fig. 2, these inotions heiner reversed when it is desired to el the section.

While I hai-e described my invention as alfred for bookcases, l wish it also to be tei-.stood that is [iartitiilarbi' desirable Having thus describi'fd my invent-ion, I

. ser-tion of a bookcase provided with admin, back, sides and'top, a swinging l sliding cover7 and means fiir guiding sind ig of a rod in the ends of which in the rear oi the section, brac ets on xd rods, and Flinksl crossing each other and ..-x-ined together and connected to said brackets, substantially as described.

A section of a bookcase comprising a bottoni, back, top and sides, a swinving and asp for guiding said cover, said means incita nog a. rod bent ai botht-nds, said bent ends j.; grooves in the si l said coi-'er being iivotally mounted in ent ends, rods at the bac-k of the seoiding brackets on said rods and on thel oi... rod two ol' .said brat t-s being mounted 1i` )'{EDERICK JGSEPH HONOR. Xfitnesscs:

Hanni' Loon, II. II. jlooiin.

signature,

Hr the use in connect-ion wit-h bureau drawf enz :is well.-

toi'ei is iiivotiilly mounted, sup vorting` es of the section,

- 'faire the corresponding rods and two below,n

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